Top Five Reasons YOU Should Be Taking Probiotic Supplements

Suzanne McKey — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 15:52:27 +0000

Probiotics. A Gift from the Healing Hand.

Photograph by pareeerica @Flickr

Although there are many incredible benefits to taking probiotic supplements, you may not know the important improvements probiotics can make in your life. Below, you’ll find the top five reasons everyone should add probiotic supplements to their diet.

1) Probiotics are Healthy and Safe for Adults and Children

Probiotic supplements have been carefully researched and have been found to have no known side effects. Although they may not be safe for those with terminal diseases or compromised immune systems, healthy adults and children can benefit greatly from these supplements. Even the World Health Organization has recognized the helpful properties probiotics offer the human body.

2) Probiotics Boost your Vitamins and Minerals

Probiotics have been shown to improve the bioavailability of many essential vitamins and minerals such as calcium, copper, iron, magnesium, phosphorus and zinc to name only a few. This basically means probiotics supplements can heighten the levels of these vitamins and minerals in your body.

If you are on a diet, or generally “eat healthy” this should be a no brainer to take probiotics, because what’s the point of eating all that healthy food if your body doesn’t get the most out of it?

3) Probiotics Help your Intestines

If you have problems with constipation, diarreah, gas, bloating or other illnesses related to intestinal function, probiotics are a must-have for your diet. Probiotics are basically helpful bacteria. Ingesting probiotic supplements or food enriched with probiotics helps to balance the good and bad bacteria in your intestines and improves how your intestines funcion.

4) Probiotics Prevent Colon Cancer

Because an imbalance in the bacteria in the intestines is one of the factors that may cause colon cancer, probiotics can in fact help prevent colon cancer. Probiotics give you the best possible level of helpful bacteria in your intestines which works to neutralize the harmful bacteria. Probiotics also work to reduce microflora which is believed to contribute to colon and colorectal cancer.

5) Probiotics Give your immune system a boost

Probiotics have been shown to regulate lymphocytes and antibodies in the body, which boost your immune system. This means is you will get sick less often and when you do get sick, say with a cold or the flu, you will recover faster and your symptoms will be less severe. A heightened immune system will also help your body fight infection more efficiently.

Why Aren’t You Taking Probiotic Supplements?

Probiotics are safe, natural and incredibly beneficial. Beyond the five benefits listed above, probiotics have been shown to help lactose intolerant people enjoy their favourite dairy products, reduce inflammation in arthritis patients and help ease symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome.

As I consider the benefits of probiotic supplements that could have saved my dad’s life from colon caner, it’s clear to me that everyone should add a probiotic supplement to their diet.

I take probiotics.
My kids take probiotics.
You should be taking probiotics too

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